dmw2692004
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So this customer brought me his jet black 325xi asking me to bring the paint back to life because he claimed the car looked more silver than it did black!
I was informed that he bimmer had been previously detailed about a year ago by some hack job and that he did use a compound and a "fluffly" pad polished with a regular pad. as the customer so kindly informed me. :buffing:
While we went over this, the owner also told me not to bother touching the front bumper because of all the rock chips and that he was going to have it repainted as soon as possible. Not having a paint gauge at this point scared me so I decided to go with the least aggressive while being most effective approach so I would not risk removing to much clear. I had to leave many RIDs behind while correcting because I didn't want to risk removing more clear than I had to.
In the end we agreed upon this:
-remove as many of the lighter defects as possible
-smooth out the RIDs so they are not as noticeable
-make the car look black again :LOLOL:
All I have to say about this black BMW paint is :wow:. The clear on this paint is impossibly soft. Even my green Sonus polishing MF's were leaving fine marring when I applied even a tiny bit of pressure!
My Process:
-Was with ONR
-Wheels and wheel wells got ONR and diluted Purple Power and misc brushes.
-Clay with Sonus Green Clay and ONR diluted as lube
After an hour of trying different pads and combos i came to this:
-M205 w/ white LC pad worked in at 1000rpm then bumped up to 1600rpm, then back down to 1000rpm to burnish.
-M205 w/ black LC pad worked in at 1000rpm then bumped to 1200rpm, then back to down to 1000rpm to burnish x2.
-Supernatural as LSP
-Windows cleaned with SIG
The hood and the trunk lid had a ton of RIDS and heavy water spotting. I tried a test spot with the rotary and was NOT able to finish down hologram free and at the same time I was scared of cutting to much clear:
-M105 w/orange LC pad and KB Method
-M205 w/white LC pad speed 3 to work in, up to 6 to polish, gradually back down to speed 3 to burnish.
okay, now on to the eye candy!
Washing where with the E-Z mini detail brush and purple power:
Claying
After the wash, before polishing:
I was informed that he bimmer had been previously detailed about a year ago by some hack job and that he did use a compound and a "fluffly" pad polished with a regular pad. as the customer so kindly informed me. :buffing:
While we went over this, the owner also told me not to bother touching the front bumper because of all the rock chips and that he was going to have it repainted as soon as possible. Not having a paint gauge at this point scared me so I decided to go with the least aggressive while being most effective approach so I would not risk removing to much clear. I had to leave many RIDs behind while correcting because I didn't want to risk removing more clear than I had to.In the end we agreed upon this:
-remove as many of the lighter defects as possible
-smooth out the RIDs so they are not as noticeable
-make the car look black again :LOLOL:
All I have to say about this black BMW paint is :wow:. The clear on this paint is impossibly soft. Even my green Sonus polishing MF's were leaving fine marring when I applied even a tiny bit of pressure!
My Process:
-Was with ONR
-Wheels and wheel wells got ONR and diluted Purple Power and misc brushes.
-Clay with Sonus Green Clay and ONR diluted as lube
After an hour of trying different pads and combos i came to this:
-M205 w/ white LC pad worked in at 1000rpm then bumped up to 1600rpm, then back down to 1000rpm to burnish.
-M205 w/ black LC pad worked in at 1000rpm then bumped to 1200rpm, then back to down to 1000rpm to burnish x2.
-Supernatural as LSP
-Windows cleaned with SIG
The hood and the trunk lid had a ton of RIDS and heavy water spotting. I tried a test spot with the rotary and was NOT able to finish down hologram free and at the same time I was scared of cutting to much clear:
-M105 w/orange LC pad and KB Method
-M205 w/white LC pad speed 3 to work in, up to 6 to polish, gradually back down to speed 3 to burnish.
okay, now on to the eye candy!
Washing where with the E-Z mini detail brush and purple power:
Claying
After the wash, before polishing:
